Being Muti-passionate

<p>In this episode we explore one aspect of our Dharma, our purpose in life.</p><p>People often think this is <strong>one </strong>thing. Like, when people say “I’ve always known I wanted to be a marine biologist, ever since I was a kid.”</p><p>Or, “I just knew I was going to be a teacher.”</p><p>But the truth is, many of us have <strong>multiple </strong>strengths and passions that we long to share with the world - especially freedom junkies like my clients, and like you rebels out there listening to this podcast -  but we never give ourselves <strong>permission </strong>to explore and cultivate them.</p><p>One term used to describe a person with many passions is “multi-passionate,” and here’s what usually happens when someone is a multi-passionate:</p><ul><li>You notice that bright shiny object (aka new passion)</li><li>Then uber-obsession kicks in and you think about it all the freakin’ time</li><li>Then you take a deep breath and dive in. You learn <strong>all </strong>you can. You <strong>immerse </strong>yourself in it. If you’re like me, it make look like an <strong>obsession</strong>.</li><li>Then, you start doing it - the new hobby or the new adventure</li><li>And eventually, once you got it figured out or learned “enough,” you may <strong>ditch </strong>it, or <strong>quickly finish</strong> it up/get it <strong>over </strong>with...or add <strong>another </strong>passion to the list</li></ul><p>Can you relate?</p><p>Other characteristics of multi-passionate people:</p><p>// They <strong>love to learn</strong>. That’s me 100%. I budget <strong>thousands </strong>of dollars a year just for learning.  I love it THAT much. I wish school was free. But it’s not. So I have to reign it in a bit.</p><p>// Multi-passionates also read <strong>widely </strong>in divergent areas that often are not connected.</p><p>Like how what I’m reading now ranges from a revisiting of Martha Beck’s <i>Steering By Starlight</i>, Michael Benavov’s <i>Men of Salt</i>, about a man’s journey along the Sahara’s ancient salt trade rout